Our Designers
Ankit Malpani
He is the creative spirit behind the company, hails from the Malpani family who for generations served as jewelers to the royal family of India’s Jaipur kingdom under Maharaja Sawai Maan Singh. Ankit’s passion and love for Jewelry is in his blood. After formal graduation, having his interest in fashion and design, he decided to go to Jewelry Development Technology Institute (JDTI) in Delhi, India, and finished his advance designing and manufacturing studies with flying colors. Afterwards, he was awarded by GJEPC for winning jewelry design competition on state level as well. To understand the nuances of high end Fine jewelry making, He worked for Gem Plaza, one of the finest high end jewelry makers of Jaipur, as head of the designer. During his employment period he got noticed many times by his friends and colleagues for his self designed jewelry pieces and this is when he realized to start his own small designer studio. Afterward he launched his first sole designed and manufactured collection in Jewelers Association Show (JAS) & subsequently in Jaipur Jewelry Show (JJS). There he was accoladed by an overwhelming response from the most reputed business houses of the Indian Gems and Jewelry Industry, they appreciated his designer creations and are now his regular clients. He has traveled the world and has attended various jewelry trade shows in Basel, USA, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Mumbai among other places, seeking out to give his pieces the finesse and touch of international standards.
Yashika Malpani
She is the co-designer of our company and has overall 7 years of experience in designing, production, quality control and commercial areas of jewelry business. After doing bachelors in commerce, her deep interest towards colored gems stones and jewelry led her to do an advance course in jewelry designing from Institute of Gems and Jewelry (IIGJ), Mumbai. She has worked for 2 years as a designer in two Jaipur based companies, Sambhav Gems and Vaibhav Gems (both 100% export oriented units) to apply her knowledge in practice and enhance her designing skills. Post that she started her own venture of handmade jewelry under the brand name “Advaita” where she managed all parts of the business from sourcing to selling including designing and production. She also exhibited her work in India’s most prestigious India International Jewelry Show in Mumbai. She has won different awards at national and international level in various designing competition. After moving to the United States, she is managing her own venture under the name of Jewels Emporio and is also a co-designer for Ankit Malpani.